Hose-reel.



E; P. GAYLORD.

HOSE REEL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-18,1915.

1 ,203,605. Patented Nov. 7, 1916.

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Application fi1ed January 18, 1915; Serial No. 2,826.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, EDWIN P. GAYLORD, ofRochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Hose Reels; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My invention has for its object to afford an improved construction inhose reels, and more particularly with reference to the type of devicethat is designed for permanent attachment to a water connection, wherebyit may be partially unwound to any length desired without necessitatingconnecting and disconnecting the hose every time it is used.

A further object of the invention resides in providing a. constructionthat can be economically manufactured and requires a minimum number ofparts.

Still another purpose of the construction consists in affording acombination of parts that can be disassembled in a way which permits theentire device to be packed in a comparatively small space, thus greatlyfacilitating its transportation while at the same time affording meansfor housing a hose as effectively as any of the usual type of reels.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvementsand combinations of parts .all as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed, the novel features being pointed out in the claim at the endof the specification.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a reel constructed inaccordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a side view, showing itsapplication to a sill-cock; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on theline 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a detail view ofa portion of one of thearms of the frame, showing the socket which receives the yoke member;Fig. 5 is a detail view of a portion of one of the yoke members, andFig. 6 is a sectional view of the connection between one of the arms andone of the yoke members.

Similar reference numerals in the several figures indicate the sameparts.

In the present embodiment of the invention thereis employed a frame orspider A which embodies a series of radial arms a. One of said arms a ishollow, forming a passage a which is open at its inner and outer 'ends.At the outer end, adjacent the extremity of the arm, there is provided aconnection a to which the inner end of the hose is attached, while theyopening at the inner end of the passage a is adapted to receive a pipeZ), which is threaded in the opening of the arm, or may be otherwiseattached to the frame, and serves to support the latter within thecoupling, which will now be de scribed.

In Fig. 2, the reel is shown as attached to a sill-cock, or othervertically disposed water supply, while in Fig. 3 it is connected to ahorizontally disposed water supply, comprising a pipe, shown at 0. cldesignates the double coupling provided with a 'pair of threadedopeningsarranged at an angle to each other, and d is a plug that is employed toclose the. opening in the coupling that is not connected. To this end,the upper opening d is provided with a threaded shoulder- 6Z3 to receivethe plug inthe manner appearing in Fig. 3. The coupling also is providedwith an exteriorly threaded'eXtremity 0Z to receive the sleeve 6, whichmay be held in fixed relationon the coupling, after it is once adjusted,by means of the set screw 0. The

sleeve 6 includes a fiange'or collar 6 abut-i ting the outer surface ofthe pipe I). The latter carries a flange or shoulder b which engages arecess in a metal ring f, while 9 and g designate suitable packing ringsof any desirable material which take up the wear between the metal ringf, and the end of the coupling 03 and the end of the sleeve e, Thisarrangement permits the pipe 6, sup

porting the reel, to turn freely with relation to the coupling so thatthe hose may be unwound to any desired length.

The hose is supported by means of a series I of memberswhich aredetachably secured to the respective arms of the frame, and this ispreferably accomplished by means of'the yoke members it, each of whichis provided with a slotted lug k that is adapted to fit in a socket aformed on the arm a. r The wall of the slot in the lug h is inclined ath so that the yoke member will be drawn tightly into engagement with thearm by the fastening means. To this end, the arm has an opening a toreceive a bolt 0 which passes through the lug h and is tightened bymeans of a nut a It will be seen that by loosening the fastening meansthe yoke members can be removed from theframe, so that the Wholestructure can be packed fiatWise in a minimum amount of space. Theconstruction affords an extremely unique arrangement that is simple, andcan be manufactured at small cost.

I claim as my invention:

A hose reel comprising an integral frame or body portion having a seriesof arms one of Which is hollow and'provided With inlet and outletopenings at its inner and outer ends respectively, the outer end of eacharm having a rectangular socket in one face thereof, of an integral yokemember detachvided With a slot or opening having one Wall inclined Withrespect to the other, and a bolt inelnber attached to the arm andcooperating with said slot in the lug of the yoke member.

EDXVIN P. GAYLOR-D. Witnesses:

H. E. ST NEBRAKER, RUssELL B. GRIFFITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing" the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

